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for supplies: 5.4employee costs, 79.8% of all expenses: 1.2 millionoutlay:and 282,200 formillion for operating costs: 1 million in capitaltransfer, debt service and reserves.threeVentura County CCD - Student health centers at the district'sincreaseof thecolleges will lose a combined 150,000 this year and anMoorpark'shealthhealth fee from 7.50 to 10 is being considered.center has a 246,000 operating budget this fiscal year, Oxnard has a 193,000 budget and Ventura has a 212,000 budget.get any of theVictor Valley College - 1,200 fall applicants couldn'tandincreasedclasses they sought because of cuts in course sectionslists. A lottery wasdemand. Science courses were full, with long waitingplacesin theconducted among more than 300 applicants for 125million budgetcomesnursing program. About 1.9 million of the 17.3from reserves.Yuba College - The college's financial office estimates that the currentyear'syear's 61 million budget will end up 88,265 short and nextbecharged 10budget will have a deficit of 992,000. Students will nowfor processing refunds.California State Universityby 20.000Throughout the 20-campus system. enrollment is downstudentsfewerstudents from last year. The sytem is enrolling 40,000highschool.graduatesthan it should be, based on projections of qualifiedby the state Department of Finance.6.500 classes andSince 1990, the 350,000-student system has cancelledItalsohas purchasedlaid off thousands of faculty and classified staff.highdeferred22.000 fewer library books and now has an all-timemaintenance tally of 235 million.Further increases in student fees which have risen 68% in two yearshave not been ruled out.CSU, Chico - The College of Education has been merged into thetheCollege of Communication and Education, which now also includes Parksdepartments of Physical Education, Education, and Recreation andManagment. The industrial arts and home economics departments arebeing phased out and there have been consolidations in computerengineering and computer science. A student election raised fees tosupport athletics. The 40% increase in fees enabled the college to rehirefaculty and add more than 200 class sections.Fresno State - An ad hoc committee will help in a new round of budgetThecuts, following completion of an academic review program.faculty.thecommittee includes school deans, department chairs andAcademic Senate. a 17-member committee and the provost for academic6

affairs. Final decisons rest with the college president. The review plancomes on the heeels of this year's 8 million budget cut and 120employee layoffs. Enrollment fell nearly 5% (to 18,902) this fall, but itwas expected after an 8 million budget cut, 125 layoffs and hundreds ofcancelled classes. Tightened admission deadlines acted to reduce thenumber of freshmen and transfer students. The admissions officebelieves many potential students opted for area community colleges.CSU, Fullerton - The campus endured a 24 million budget cut thisyear. Students face overcrowded classrooms, increased fees and longerattendance before graduation. Fifty-three faculty members took "goldenhandshakes" this fall.Sacramento State - Total enrollment has dropped to the equivalent of18.600 full-time students this fall. 1,000 fewer than two years ago.Normally, lower division students make up 25% of those enrolled, butthis semester freshmen and sophomores account for about 16%.Residence halls with a capacity 1,200, which have been 99% full forthe past decade, are now at 66% of capacity.San Diego State - Campus dormitories are one-third vacant.The president has withdrawn a plan to eliminate nine of 60 academicdepartments, but 10 million in cuts must still be made. Committeeshave recommended using retirements, consolidation of academicprograms and other methods to minimize layoffs of tenured faculty.The University of CaliforniaUC officials have acknowledged the possibility that student fees for the1993-94 academic year could rise by 500 or even 1,000 above thecurrent 3,036.A final decision will be made by the Board of Regents in January, whenUC learns if it will get its request for a "bare bones" 104 million. 5.5%increase in support. If evm a minimum fee increase of 300 is approved,student fees in the nine-campus system will climb a total of 1,700 infive years a cumulative increase of more than 100%.UC is also expected to take an unprecedented step and approveincreased fees for graduate professional students in medicine, veterinarymedicine, law and business on the theory that those students will enterhigh-paying jobs upon graduation.Students who already hold a bachelor's degree could be charged 6,000or more if they want to get a second such degree at a UC campus.The estimated 50 million raised from new fees will help pay to maintanUC's ratio of one professor for every 17 students. The money will also beused to pay off a 70 million loan UC expects to take out this spring tohelp meet its current budget.by

UC also expects to spend 64 million in 1993-94 for faculty and staffmerit raises and cost-of-living salary increases.UC San Diego - This year, the university will receive about 12 millionless from the state than in 1991-92, a 5% drop. Cuts have been made inlong-distance calls, traveling, equipment and mailing packages overnight.Faculty members who retire will not be replaced. student workers arebeing laid off and visiting professorships denied. The cuts come after lastyear's decision to eliminate 175 staff positions and cut library hours.

How Colleges Are CopingBy Kim HuggettChabot-Las Positas Community College DistrictMarch. 1993 / Report VIIICollege of Alameda - At one point during the fall quarter, 1,500students were on waiting lists for classes. About half eventually wereaccommodated, but there were still more than 700 who were unable toget any courses they needed.Allan Hancock College - The college foundation will be restructured,beginning with the hiring of a full-time executive director to leadfundraising efforts. The director will be paid through the foundation,using no state funds.Americari River College - Eliminated the Saturday program.Cabrillo College - A planning committee is looking into the possibilityof bringing a bond issue to the ballot in 1994. This year's 30 millionbUdget was balanced with one-time funds, which will not be availablenext year. All divisions have developed budget alternatives cutting both3% and 5%. The unpaid board of trustees voted 5-2 to reject a proposedsalary and benefits backage which would have --!ost the district 60,000 ayear. Headcount dropped 12.6% in the spring semester, compared to theprevious spring.Chabot College - The winter quarter student play was cancelled. Theautumn and summer class schedules will be merged. Some winter andspring quarter course sections have been cancelled and the summersession has been cut back. Computer support supplies have been cut.Increased fees resulted in the loss of about half of the college's studentswho hold bachelor's degrees.College of the Canyons - The number of students with bachelor'sdegrees declined by nearly 60% in the spring semester, dropping to 193.The assistant superintendent has warned that course cuts and layoffs ofpart-time faculty may be necessary this fall. Enrollment increased 3.6%in the spring semester, compared with the previous spring, but there hasbeen a 50% drop in the number of students who hold bachelor's degrees.Coast College CCD- All administratots have been asked to teach at.least one class next year.Cuesta College - Under the govenor's 1993-94 budget proposal, collegeadministrators estimate cuts of up to 2.5 million. They predict the layoffof at least 45 full-time instructors or 660 courses taught by part-timers.Delta College - The president has announced that the college must cut 3.5 million from its 48 million budget if the govenor's budget proposal9

is adopted. The college could eliminate 30 to 70 of its 400 part-timeinstructors, and some of the 50 administrators or 250 classifiedemployees. Eliminating 1,800 students and the faculty to teach themcan save more than 1 million, according to the business manager.Diablo Valley College - DVC is facing a 1 million shortfall this year.With 85% of expenditures in personnel and four months left in the fiscalyear. cuts will be made in supplies and hourly support staff. Positionreplacement will be frozen and there will be further cuts in instructionalsupplies and tutoring services. The district office estimates that fixedcosts such as utilities and contracts will need 3% more in next year'sbudget. Headcount fell 4% in the spring semester to 21,100 students,compared with the spring of 1992 (when the student population jumpedby 7% over the spring of 1991). The number of students with bachelor'sdegrees fell by half.Foothill-DeAnza CCD A proposal to consolidate four sports, offered atboth Foothill and DeAnza colleges is being considered. If approved asexpected, women's softball and men's volleyball will be offered only atFoothill and water polo and women's tennis will be offered only atDeAnza. The changes, to begin in the 1993-94 seasons, will save eachcollege 30,000. The reassignment of faculty will give full-time coachesprecedence over part-timers.Gavi lan College - Gavilan will stop mass circulation of its schedule ofclasses this fall. Thirteen faculty members who are also paid a stipend ofabout S3.000 a year as academic advisers at an annual cost of 41,000will have their counseling assignments end in June.Glendale College The governor's proposal means a budget cut of 500,000 in 1993-94, on top of 300,000 which was cut this year.Hartnell College - Student enrollment fell 11%, compared with lastspring, including a 50% decline in the number of students withbachelor's degrees.Irvine Valley College - Enrollment in business classes has dropped 20%, much of that due to increased fees for students with BA degrees. Thecollege has imposed a virtual hiring freeze.Lake Tahoe Community College - Higher fees and severe weather areblamed for a 31% drop in winter-quarter enrollment, to 1,936 students.Increased fees for bachelor's degree holders were cited as a reason forsmall enrollments in some computer science, foreign language andphysical education classes.Las Positas College Mid-year budget decisions include not fillingvacant positions and cutting supplies and operating expenses. Thesummer session's College for Kids has been cancelled. The fall andsummer class schedule booklets will be merged.10

Lassen College Administrators said future budget cuts may be madeamong part-time faculty members.Los Angeles CCD - The district expects to save 12 million inoccupancy costs as part of a 50 million deal to move its administrativeoffices. A 100.000 square-foot building will combine district operationsnow held in a downtown office and another outside the city center.Concessions inc?ude two years' free rent, free parking and 3.7 million ininterior improvements and furnishings. The rental rate escalatesgradually from 12 per square foot to about 25 over the 20-year term.Los Angeles Pierce College - Spring semester headcount dropped10 %., including a 30% drop in the number of new students. Nearly 2.8million has been targeted for cuts in a proposed 1993-94 budget thatspends about 90 percent of its funding on salaries. The governor'sproposed budget would leave Pierce with a budget of about 21.5 million,which is what the college is paying for personnel this year. The college isconsidering options which include leasing vacant farmland on a corner ofthe campus. The college has cancelled its summer session.College of Marin The college has cancelled classes with enrollmentsof fewer than 20 students. Spring semester enrollment fell 8% andcourses were cut in business, computers, English, history, math,physical education and Spanish.Modesto Junior College - MJC hopes to save 100,000 by moving staffto a four-day, 10-hour-a-day work week this summer. Staff members arestudying the possibility of offering summer classes in just two campusbuildings. MJC has also stopped using overnight mail.Moorpark College - The college hopes to save 4,000 a semester inpaper, postage and staff time by no longer mailing out grades. Thecollege will also cut its summer session by 15%. Fifteen percent ofsummer session courses have been cut.Mount San Antonio College - A preliminary budget report predicts thecollege could face a deficit of up to 11 million if the governor's budgetpi oposal is enacted. The board of trustee's newsletter cites projectionswhich, "estimate that Mt. SAC could suffer a 4.7 million deficit this yearand a defict of between 6.4 million and 10 million, with bankruptcypossibly, in 1994-95 if no intervening action is taken." Budget-cuttingproposals include the reduction of staff positions through attrition,reduction of unfunded students, rejection of capital projects which wouldalso require district funds and elimination of programs throughrestructuring. There is already a virtual hiring freeze.Napa Valley College - The college experienced an 18% decrease in thenumber of evening students, attributed to losses of bachelor's degreeholders. Total student headcount fell 6.7%, compared with last spring.11

Orange Coast College - Spring semester headcount is down 10%,compared with this period last year, including a 44% drop (1,093) instudents holding bachelor's degrees. The remaining students are takingmore classes. Course sections were cut 6.5% and class enrollments aredown 8%. There were 15,000 students on computer waiting lists forclasses, with 1,000 unsuccessful in getting any. Budget cuts forced adecrease of 6.5% in the number of course offerings for the springsemester, when headcount dropped 8% and the number of bachelor'sdegree-holders fell by 1,200.Oxnard College - The college foundation has launched a drive toincrease membership and attract additional funding.Peralta CCD - The chancellor said the governor's proposed budget willmean a 6 million deficit to Peralta next year. Selling Laney Collegeathletic fields to Kaiser Permanente and moving sports teams to Merrittor Alameda colleges could bring 24 million and generate joint-usefacilities.Porterville CollegeThe financial aid director estimates that up toone-third of the student population may not be able to afford feeincreases proposed by the governor for implementation next fall.Rancho Santiago College Administrators have been invited to take a4% pay cut and accept 10 additional vacation days or expect to berecipients of March 15 notices. The chancellor has predicted spendingcuts next year will be about 6 million. Summer session courses will becut back and fall weekend courses eliminated. The district cut 7.1million from its last budget, reducing it to 66.7 million. The number ofnew students has dropped 41.6%, compared with this time last year. Feeincreases and elimination of course sections led to a 13.4% enrollmentuccline in the spring semester, with the largest decreases among parttime and new students. The number of course sections had been cut15%. The district faces 2.9 million in budget cuts next year. Summercourses may be cut 25% to save 200,000 in salary costs. Raises havecost the district 4 million in the past two years.Saddleback CCD - With the district facing a possible 1.5 million lossof state funding next year, the chancellor has called for a hiring andspending freeze and the initiation of an early-retirement plan. The hiringfreeze began Feb. 1 for all positions, except those involving specialcircumstances. such as the search for a new president at SaddlebackCollege. There is a freeze on spending, including supplies, services andcapital costs.City College of San Francisco - The district is trying to persuade theBoard of Supervisors to call a special spring election to extend one of twosales taxes which sunset June 20. It would like to see an election in Aprilor May and success requires the support of two-thirds of those voting. A1')

quarter-cent tax was approved by SF voters in 1991 and has yielded 16million for schools and 8 million for CCSF. The other is the half-centsales tax imposed during last year's budget crisis. The projected budgetdeficit for 1993-94 is from 6 to 12 million.San Bernardino CCD - Administration and staff have agreed to 10%budget cuts without layoffs next year if the governor's budget proposalis adop4ed including decreases for supplies and course cuts. Thetentativ.! agreement calls for across-the-board salary cuts for any budgetdecreas beyond 10%.San Bernardino Valley College - Expenditures have been frozen in allareas except for emergency repairs. contracted obligations and essentialclassroom supplies. With a 600.000 contractural obligation toemployees and a 400,000 increase in benefits, the college is facing aloss of 6 million in 1993-94 under the governor's proposed budget.San Joaquin Delta College - The president has announced a 3.7million cut in this year's 48 million budget and acknowledged thatlayoffs are possible before July. Employee reductions could mean a lossof about 1,800 students from the student population. There is a freezeon building projects, except those supported through categorical funds.San Mateo County CCD - The district had an 18% decrease inheadcount and a 6% drop in full-time equivalent students, comparingthis spring semester with the same period in 1992. Of the 6,000students lost, 2.000 held bachelor's degrees. Budget contingency plansfor 1992-93 have been implemented at the -4% level. Parcels of districtland. including 184 acres near the coast and 30 acres in San Brunopreviously proposed for residential development, will be evaluated fortheir monetary worth to the district.Santa Rosa Junior College - SRJC experienced a 4.5% enrollmentdrop, compared with last spring semester, with nearly all of the lossattributed to bachelor's degree holders. An increase in full-time studentsis attributed to the diversion of students from universities.College of the Sequoias - The governor's budget proposal would meana 1.4 million budget cut for Sequoias. Instructional services is projectedto take most of the decrease, 823,717. Proposed cuts includesabbaticals ( 49,000), athletics ( 37,000) and the journalism program( 41,063). Two faculty members will be reassigned from managementand support posisitions to teaching for a 104,000 savings. The collegecould save 200.000 with early faculty retirements induced by a "goldenhandshake."Sierra CollegeSierra lost 809 students with bachelor's degreesbetween the fall to spring semesters (from 1.300 to 491).

Southwestern College - Picked up 1,000 more students as the resultof cuts at San Diego State University. The number of bachelor's degreeholders dropped from 900 to 400 this spring.Ventura CCD - 400 course sections will be cut from the 7,000 thedistrict's three colleges (Moorpark, Ventura, Oxnard) had planned to offernext fall. The savings are estimated from 800,000 to 1.5 million.Negotiations have opened on 1993-96 classified employee contract, whilethe district has declared an impasse on faculty contract negotiations for1991-92 and 1992-93. Teachers received their last cost of living raise inthe 1990-91 contract. More restrictions will be placed on paid leaves,which instructors can acquire by accumulating comp time. Healthbenef

Cuesta College - The 22.6 million budget,represents a 1.5. million. cut. Last year, 96 course sections 3,000 seats. were cut. Cypress College - In a cost-saving effort, the North Orange County CCD chancellor has assumed the leadership role at the college after the former president resigned during the summer to go to another college.